“Says she never tweeted comments linking pedophilia and Islam.”
What PolitiFact found
In a 2015 tweet, Barnette shared a headline that said: “Pedophilia is a Cornerstone of Islam.” She has made a series of other anti-Muslim statements.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kathy Barnette (2022 candidate for GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania) made this claim around 14 May 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 May 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Kathy Barnette has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osmfj_cp6UQ
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